PMC-Sierra Gigabit Ethernet Switching manual

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    PMC-Sierra provides exceptional signal integrity SERDES and Retimer devices for Enterprise Switch backplanes and line cards  Guaranteed Jitter Performance  Extremely low bit error rates  Widely deployed proven devices  Low power and small package size  Industrial temperature range Enterprise Ethernet Switch High-Performance Gigabit S[...]

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     Extend backplane distances and improve system signal integrity XAUI Retiming  10GE XGMII to XAUI SERDES RX Equalization System Benefit Feature  10GE XAUI backplane retimer and 10GBASE-CX4 driver TX Pre-Emphasis  Enables extremely low bit error rates critical for system performance across process and system environment (temperature, vol[...]